Men's Volleyball Student-Athlete Earns Weekly Heart Award

Marshall, Mo., (March 10, 2025)- A Missouri Valley College men's volleyball student-athlete has earned a weekly award from the Heart of America Athletic Conference after his play in a pair of road victories last week.

Senior Setter Lucas Rodrigues (Balnelariu Cambriu, Brazil) has been named the Heart Men's Volleyball Setter of the Week, presented by Molten.  Rodrigues led the No. 11 Vikings in two road wins over Nationally ranked opponents.  In a four-game win at No. 15 William Penn (Iowa), Rodrigues totaled 46 assists, adding five digs and one ace.  He followed with 50 assists in a four-game win at No. 6 Grand View (Iowa), to go with nine digs.  This the second 50-assist match of his career (52 assists against Grand View back on March 18, 2022).

Rodrigues earned the first weekly award in his career at Missouri Valley, and joins Junior Opposite Luca Hasse (Paderborn, Germany), back on Feb. 10 as Attacker of the Week, as award winners so far this season.

The men's volleyball team is 9-2 overall and 5-2 in the Heart.  This week, the team hosts No. 4 Missouri Baptist, Tuesday at 7 p.m., travels to play at Culver-Stockton, Friday at 7 p.m., and hosts No. 9 Park (Mo.), Saturday at 2 p.m.

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